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magnetostriction

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Deformation of a material, especially a ferromagnetic material, exposed to a magnetic field. Rapidly alternating magnetostriction causes the iron cores of transformers to hum or buzz.

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  • noun physics the change of length or shape of a ferromagnetic material when it is magnetized

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[magneto– + (con)striction.]

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Examples

  • He also worked with Lord Kelvin to develop the absolute scale of temperature, made observations on magnetostriction, and found the relationship between the flow of current through a resistance and the heat dissipated, now called Joule's law.

    Joule, James Prescott 2009

  • But it's not based on magnetic attraction — it's magnetostriction.

    Natives of Space Clement, Hal 1965

  • The magnetostriction technology invented by MTS for Temposonics sensors enables the simultaneous and continuous position measurement of up to 30 different points on an axis, which can eliminate the need for multiple sensors or switches.

    Engineering Hardware-Software 2010

  • Primary applications of magnetostriction are the detection of stress in thin films and the detection of torsional stress in shafts.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • PHOENIX PROJECT Magnetostrictive Sensor Design for In-situ Measurement In 1842, James Joule discovered that a ferromagnetic body changes shape in a magnetic field - this is magnetostriction.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • The magnetostriction technology invented by MTS for Temposonics sensors enables the simultaneous and continuous position measurement of up to 30 points on an axis, which can eliminate the need for multiple sensors or switches.

    All DN headlines 2009

  • The magnetostriction technology invented by MTS for Temposonics sensors enables the simultaneous and continuous position measurement of up to 30 points on an axis, which can eliminate the need for multiple sensors or switches.

    All DN headlines 2009

  • Developed by SMP especially for inverters used in wind turbines, the materials used have low magnetostriction and exceptionally low eddy current and hysteresis losses.

    ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom - Today's New Product News 2009

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